Friday, July 3, 2015

JudicialWatch.org (JW) reports
that, in the wake of the influx of illegal immigrant minors from
Central America last summer, an official at the Center for Disease
Control (CDC) described Barack Obama as “the worst pres we have ever
had,” an “amateur,” and “Marxist,” according to internal emails
uncovered as part of a JW investigation.

Tens of thousands of
Central Americans came into the U.S. through the Mexican border last
summer, and contagious diseases—many previously thought eradicated in
the U.S.—became a serious concern. The CDC, which operates under the
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), responded by opening an Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
to deal with the barrage of illegal alien minors and to monitor and
coordinate response activities to eminent public health threats.

JW launched a probe into the operations when the Obama administration
embraced the Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) with open arms. JW even
sued the Department of Homeland Security for planning records involving
the border crisis as well as information relating to the solicitation
of “on-demand escort services” for the 65,000 UACs that remain in the
U.S. Last year JW also reported that the illegal immigrant minors have
brought in serious diseases, including swine flu, dengue fever, possibly
Ebola virus and tuberculosis.

A 68-year-old man was pulled under the water by a shark Wednesday in the Outer Banks — this time on Ocracoke Island.

Andrew Costello was swimming outside the first breaker about 25 feet
offshore, directly in front of the lifeguard stand, when he encountered a
gray shark about 7 feet long, Hyde County officials said. A lifeguard
saw the shark pull Costello under the water. He suffered several bites
to his rib cage, hip, lower leg and both hands.

Paddle boarders in Southern California were in for a surprise last
month when they became the point of interest for an inquisitive shoal of
great white sharks.

Shooting the video shown below at Sunset Beach in Orange County,
California, Courtney Hemerick and Joseph Truckles managed to capture the
great whites above and below water, all while remaining remarkably
composed.

These paddle boarders were unlikely to be at risk from attack from
the young shoal. As juveniles, great white sharks mostly hunt together
for fish. But as adults,
they become an apex predator, measuring up to 6 meters (20 feet) in
length and weighing a whopping 2,250 kilograms (5,000 pounds). Adult
great whites can hunt other sharks, dolphins and any other food source
they can get their chops around – a paddle boarder, for instance.

Historian James McPherson
estimated that as many as 50,000 civilians, considered a very
conservative number, perished in the South, and "concluded that the
overall mortality rate for the South exceeded that of any country in
World War I and all but the region between the Rhine and the Volga in
World War II."

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Living in the southern united States means living in the former Confederacy where the history of the War to Enslave the States
is embedded in the very land. Most everywhere in the South contains
some semblance of that history -- the Underground Railroad, the Battle
of Atlanta, Sherman's March to the Sea, Gettysburg, Antietam,
Fredericksburg, etc.

Confederate Memorials honoring those who sacrificed
their lives in defense of states' rights abound throughout cities and
towns in the South. Some "Southerners" feel shame regarding this
history, which one relates to an improper focus on the reason for the
war -- slavery.

Authorities seized a 45-ton
Panther tank, a flak cannon and multiple other World War II-era military
weapons in a raid on a 78-year-old collector's home in northern
Germany, prosecutors said Friday.

Kiel
prosecutor Birgit Hess said the collector, whose name she would not
release for privacy reasons, is being investigated for possibly
violating German weapons laws but remains free while the probe is
ongoing.

For me the Confederate flag represents a people’s
willingness to stand against the tyranny of an overreaching government.
Its presence is a reminder, and therefore threatening to government
officials and leftists, that the blood of those who fought for limited
government runs through their descendants’ veins, and reminds those
descendants and others of the responsibilities and Constitutional rights
of citizens. I realize there are others who hold a different opinion of
the flag, but must wonder why their view is given superiority and
preference over mine.

The flag did not cause that coward to kill in cold blood nine of
my brothers and sisters in Christ. Opportunists who are determined to
eradicate all symbols of the Confederacy and those who are taken in by
their emotional appeal are using their deaths to forward an agenda and
should be ashamed. It is well known and proven by history that one of
the best ways to destroy a people’s identity is to denigrate and remove
its symbols and history.

Even ISIS understands this. We, in the United
States, are experiencing this firsthand.

These opportunists are
purposely creating division, and I am disappointed that Gov. Bentley has joined the quest.

By Courtney Daniels,a Birmingham native, former U.S. Marine and veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom

In 2001, the Taliban shamelessly dynamited the Bamiyan Buddhas, two
of the largest such carvings of the ancient world. Built in the 6th
century by monks who made their homes along the Silk Road, the Buddahs
stood for millenia until fundamentalists removed them from the face of
the Earth. Such ignorance still abounds. Over the past few months, the
onslaught of the Islamic State has wrought the systematic destruction of
cultural artifacts from Palmyra to Nineva, all because they were deemed
"offensive" by a minority that if it had its way, would ensure the
entire world would adhere to a dark and revisionist existence.

A couple of days ago, in the wake of a childish debate over a
memorial flag flown near a Confederate statue, a Southern monument was
ignorantly desecrated with an attempt at the "Black Lives Matter"
slogan. The spray-painted phrase was misspelled. The inanimate statue, a
solemn reminder of the South's fallen sons, didn't take away any
citizen's pursuit of happiness, it didn't interfere with the social and
racial disparities that some claim as a detriment to advancement -- it
simply stood there, silent and bold, marking the bravery and errors of
yesterday's determinations.

For
instance right across from the Bibb government building is a
Confederate monument that honors the women of the Confederacy. And what
about Fort Benjamin Hawkins which is now a museum that commemorates the
birthplace of Macon?

Reichert
says, “Probably once you start down this road it's very difficult to
stop. Fort Hawkins for example could be considered offensive to native
Americans, because it represents a time when their country, their land,
was all of a sudden invaded by settlers moving in”.

Tillman
points out even more extremes saying, “Do we go to Washington D.C. and
say we need to change the name? Do we take down the George Washington
Monument? The first President owned slaves so, where does this end at”?

Remembrance

To die for one’s country is not only an act of bravery, it is THE act of bravery. For soldiers, it is just an extension of their military career, a part of their duty. As leaders have asked their soldiers to sacrifice themselves for the good of the society, it is only right for leaders to go through the same motion. They should practice what they have preached.

As war is seen as a noble act, tu sat serves as redemption in case of defeat. It is also a way to tell the enemy: “You might have won the battle/war but you don’t deserve to win because you don’t have the chinh nghia (just cause).” And it is not only just cause: it is the moral belief that the cause they are fighting for deserves their total sacrifice. Continues below

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Core Creek Militia

==============================My sixth great grandfather, his wife, and five of his six children were killed in battle with the Tuscarora Indians at Core Creek, NC.

The Seven Blackbirds

==============================My third great grandfather was an Ensign in the Revolutionary War, and saved his unit's flag after being wounded at the Battle of Brandywine. He was also at Kingston (Kinston), Wilmington, Charleston, Two Sisters and Augusta. He was at the defeat at Brier Creek and also Bee Creek.

Requiem Aeternam -
Eternal Rest Grant unto Them
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My second great grandfather was killed in action on May 3, 1863 at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
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My great grandfather and great uncle knew all the men in the "Civil War Requiem" video as they were part of the 53rd NC which was the sole unit defending Fort Mahone. (Fort Mahone was named "Fort Damnation" by the Yankees) *Handpicked men of the 53rd (My great grandfather was one of these) made the final, night assault at Petersburg in an attempt to break Grant's line. This was against Fort Stedman which was a few miles to the slight northeast. They initially succeeded, but reinforcements drove them back. This video is made from photographs which were taken the day after the 53rd evacuated the lines the night before to begin the retreat to Appomattox. I have many more pictures taken by the same photographer, one of these shows a 14 year old boy and the other is the famous picture of the blond, handsome soldier with his musket.
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*General Gordon promised the men a gold medal and 30 days leave if they accomplished their task and many years after the War my great grandfather wrote General Gordon, who was then governor of Georgia about this incident. They exchanged several letters which I have framed. See first link below.
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*The Attack On Fort Stedman
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"His Colored Friends"
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Lee's Surrender
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My Black NC Kinfolks
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Punished For Being Caught!

Great Grandfather Koonce

He was a drummer boy in the WBTS, survived the War only to die a few years later. He was caught in an ice storm on his way home, but instead of seeking shelter, continued on his horse until the end. His clothes had to be cut off and he died a few days later.